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The Evolution of Self-Help
ISBN-13:
9780230609624
Veröffentl:
2007
Seiten:
187
Autor:
M. Archibald
eBook Typ:
PDF
eBook Format:
EPUB
Kopierschutz:
1 - PDF Watermark
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
This book examines the institutionalization of self-help in the United States using organizational and social movement theories. Looking at a fifty-year period, Archibald charts the formation and dissolution of over 500 medical, academic, and popular organizations. He explores the ways in which the marginal practices of sufferers of chronic conditions like Parkinson's or alcoholism became the common solution for all manner of medical, behavioural, and psychological problems.
The Demography of Self-Help Defining Self-Help: How Does a Movement become an Institution? From Small Beginnings: Growth and Diversification Legitimation: The Paradox of Public Recognition of Self-Help The Evolution of Public Recognition and Its Consequences Resources: How Competition Selects Only the Fittest Organizations Conclusion and Future Directions
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